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Chapter 331 The largest investment in history

"Interstellar Crossing", this is a name that sounds louder than "Gravity", one is the center of the earth, the other is interstellar, and there is such a word as crossing.

Speaking of seeing this poster now, I can also see the feeling of traveling in a vast and infinite universe.

China's No.1 sci-fi movie is really Chen Xi.

Source Code so far, where the idea wins, the plot wins, the actual scenes and stuff like that don't stand out that much.

In the subsequent "Gravity", the plot is king, with some thoughts and metaphors interspersed in the middle, which is shocking and wonderful.

So what will Interstellar look like now?

Everyone was staring at Chen Xi.

So far, only main creators like Chen Xi and a few other staff members have appeared here, and no actors have appeared, so everyone can only wait for Chen Xi to come and disclose all the information.

Many people feel in their hearts that Chen Xi, after all, is well versed in the psychology of movie fans, and always has a bit of a tantalizing taste.

He is not like some other directors and film and television workers who always disclose all the information when he has a chip for the first time, for fear that people in the world will not know.

These are two different approaches, but the purpose should be the same.

It's just that others can't imitate Chen Xi.

If someone says, look at Chen Xi, why do so many people flock to his movies without much publicity, and keep chasing them, wanting to pay attention to any news and worrying that there will be fish that slip through the net, so they have to imitate Chen Xi, so she also started not to disclose any news. When filming the movie, she did not disclose any news, waiting to do hunger marketing. After doing that for a while, they will find that they are already tragic, and there is no news at all. People know their movies and don't want to talk to them.

After all, audiences have great expectations for good movies, especially good domestic movies, and they are also somewhat impatient.

So they wish they could see more good domestic films as soon as possible, but they don't want to see domestic films that are easy to cheat.

In this way, I have great expectations for some directors who have always performed very well, and I really hope to see good domestic movies. Naturally, I look forward to Chen Xi very much, and I want to see any of his movements. To know then see his new movie.

It's as if many people have strong expectations for the new movies of Nolan and others. For any new movie, their attention time will be quite long in advance.

And Chen Xi is the same now.

If it is some other bad film directors, they naturally have nothing to rely on to make people look forward to their new films, which is a very fair thing.

Chen Xi brought a few main creators to the front.

But that doesn't include actors.

The actor Chen Xi of "Interstellar" was selected carefully.

There will also be foreign actors invited by Chen Xi for the first time. After all, although China does not have to be politically correct like looking for black people, since this is a movie facing the world, it is not good to have all Chinese actors in it, which may cause some foreign movie fans to be very upset.

For this foreign actor, Chen Xi still found Matt Damon, and Chen Xi still cast the cast according to the original movie. You must know that Nolan's casting vision is needless to say.

Matt Damon has also been trying to transform in some movies in the past two years. He wants to continue his image as an action star in "The Bourne", and also have some breakthroughs in acting skills.

After that, his "Interstellar" and "The Martian" were like this.

After some discussion, Matt Damon agreed to the request.

Chen Xi had considered a lot in her mind, and she had also considered a lot about the candidates for the protagonist.

In the movie, there are three most important roles, the leading actor, Murphy as an adult, and Murphy as a minor...

After all, the link that finally connects the movie is the interaction and emotion between the hero and his daughter.

In this regard, after Chen Xi considered for a period of time, he finally decided to use Xiangjiang actor Liang Chaowei to play this role (after "Gravity", Chen Xi became famous, and he has the right to choose stars like Liang Chaowei.).

Liang Chaowei can be said to be an actor with better acting skills in the Chinese world, and the charm of his eyes is naturally needless to say.

After some discussions, Liang Chaowei was still very happy.

After all, Chen Xi's influence is there now. Since he said that he wants to enter the international film industry, there is no need to worry about the box office and global influence. So as long as Liang Chaowei accepts the filming of this film, his film career will obviously usher in a bright future. peak.

It is only natural that he took over the filming of this film.

As for the little girl, it was a bit difficult to find, but Chen Xi searched for a long time before, and through various channels, she also found a relatively good little child star.

11 is old.

In fact, the reputation of this child star is not high, and her acting skills are not supernatural, but her true nature is almost exactly the same as the role of Murphy in that movie. Such a person is naturally very good to play Murphy of.

After Murphy grew up, this was another important role.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Xi decided to use Zhou Xun to play the role, and has already issued a notice. Naturally, there is no need to say more about Zhou Xun's acting skills, and it is not a problem for Zhou Xun to play the aura of Murphy when he grows up. .

...Actually, although there is not much news about "Interstellar" now, including everyone in the circle, there is very little news about this movie, but many actors are already looking for roles.

After all, it is the dream of many Chinese movie stars to be well-known overseas and to make some money at the box office.

It's a pity that until now, there are too few people who have really realized this.

Some people sound good: they got the chance to act in Hollywood blockbusters, but in fact, almost all of them are soy sauce roles, passing by in a hurry, what is left behind is not glory but a kind of people. It's embarrassing to see his face hot.

Fan Bingbing and Wang Xueqi in "Iron Man", Han Geng in "Transformers 4", and Zhang Jingchu in "Mission: Impossible 5" are all like this...

Therefore, everyone is really envious of Zhang Ziyi's previous fate!

While she's always had some international clout, she's never once reached the level of Gravity.

The current Zhang Ziyi has actually received some invitations from Hollywood, and she is definitely not a soy sauce like Fan Binbing and the others, but a real heroine.

Including Andy Lau also entered the international scene after "Gravity", which is really attractive to everyone. Now too many people want to have a place in "Interstellar".

Therefore, in terms of actors, Chen Xi can choose. Some actors would rather reject other things and even pay for liquidated damages to come to Chen Xi's side.

There is no way, this is Chen Xi's appeal and influence now.

There are still quite a few important roles in "Interstellar", and then there is the black character in the original version, and Chen Xi decided to play it herself this time.

It was the black man who had aged for more than 20 years on the plane. Chen Xi felt that she could play it herself.

Anyway, this role can be said to be very unimportant.

The image in "Interstellar" is very different from Chen Xi, because the black man doesn't look very good, and Chen Xi, this is a handsome guy recognized in China, Europe and the United States, and his eyes are widely known for praise.

There is indeed a lot of contrast between the two.

But in "Interstellar", choosing a black man to play that role is more for political correctness, so there are more issues to consider in casting, and there is nothing wrong with Chen Xi's image.

For the other heroine, Chen Xi still asked Zhang Ziyi to come. Anyway, she used it smoothly. Chen Xi felt that there was nothing wrong with her acting. In fact, although this is also the heroine, she is still not as important as Murphy. On this point, Chen Xi placed more wishes on Zhou Xun this time.

The father of the female doctor in the movie is the old man who makes the male protagonist embark on an interstellar journey. Chen Xi uses Ni Dahong to play the role. Ni Dahong and Chen Xi have already worked together. This guy is really good.

In "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", Ni Dahong's performance of Yan Song, who is already very old, is really penetrating, action, tone, lines...

Everything is perfect!

He didn't use dubbing, didn't use anything else, and still played Yan Song who was over 80 so similar, it was no problem for him to play the old and dead doctor.

In this way, the main roles are basically determined, and some other roles, Chen Xi, can also be adjusted appropriately, accepting recommendations from other companies, and giving them a sweetheart.

Chen Xi has already considered all these things.

""Interstellar" is a sci-fi movie that I have prepared for a long time, whether it is from the script or the special effects. I have a certain idea before "Gravity". Compared with "Gravity" , "Interstellar" is a story that truly describes a future, and it is also a story that describes the future of mankind."

At this time, Chen Xi began to tell everyone about the initial situation of "Interstellar" before the film's press conference.

"The shooting of the film will be the most complicated and time-consuming of all my films. The "Interstellar" I plan will go to Iceland to shoot for about one month. The filming time of the whole film is 7 months."

Hearing this, everyone can feel that Chen Xi pays more attention to this movie.

The seven-month shooting time is really unprecedented in the history of Chen Xi's film shooting.

Chen Xi's previous movies were of high quality, but the shooting time of each one was not long. Even "Gravity", the biggest scene so far, actually didn't take too long to shoot.

But now "Interstellar" has to be filmed directly for more than half a year. It is conceivable that Chen Xi attaches great importance to this movie.

Chen Xi did not stop narrating: "The total investment of "Interstellar" is 1.8 million U.S. dollars, which will also be the highest investment among all my films. Most of the film's investment is used for the production of 3D and special effects, and some for publicity."

An investment of [-] million US dollars!

Hearing this, everyone is even more excited!
The terrorist investment of 1.8 million US dollars, which is equivalent to an investment of 12 billion yuan, is really scary even thinking about it.

But this also made everyone more suspicious. How much box office will it take to recover the cost of a movie with an investment of 1.8 million US dollars?At any rate, it should be at the level of "Gravity"... But is it really possible to achieve that kind of box office of [-] million US dollars in the world again?
Many people are apprehensive.

In fact, the real investment of "Interstellar" is about 1.4 million U.S. dollars. This is true, and 1 million U.S. dollars of it will be used for publicity.

Unlike the original movie, Chen Xi's "Interstellar" is in 3D format.

In fact, from Chen Xi's point of view, he is also betraying his own ideas.

In essence, Chen Xi agrees with Nolan's attitude towards 3D: It's not that he rejects new technology, but that the new technology is not mature enough, so it's better to use more mature film to produce a texture.

But Chen Xi's version of "Interstellar" cannot be like this.

Because he needs a higher box office!

The goal of Chen Xi's "Interstellar" is to surpass the global box office of Nolan's version.

He still has a reason for thinking so.

In fact, the original movie of "Interstellar" is not as expected at the box office. One important reason is that this movie is considered incomprehensible by some people. Some people think that this movie has too many emotional factors and is too sensational. He is completely different from the Nolan in "The Dark Knight", so the box office of the movie has been greatly affected.

Another reason is that "Interstellar" is not a 3D movie...

3D movies sell better and the box office is easier to increase, not only in the Chinese market, but in fact the whole world has this feeling.

Most people still want to see 3D movies...especially 3D movies from people like Chen Xi.

As for the emotional issue, there is no obstacle at all. After all, Chen Xi is not Nolan. He did not shoot "The Dark Knight". Chen Xi's "Gravity" is also quite sensational, and the emotional part in "Source Code" is also There are so many, so in "Interstellar", obviously not many people will use this to question him.

So Chen Xi has greater ambitions for "Interstellar".

Another confidence of Chen Xi comes from the Chinese market...

His influence in the Chinese market is actually not comparable to that of Nolan...

In the Chinese market, Chen Xi even hopes to hit the box office of more than 2 million US dollars!Therefore, Chen Xi now has the confidence to invest such a high cost.

Now, everyone is remembering a lot of things in their hearts, and they are starting to draft in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)